Electric Scooters
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Saw an ad for one of these the other day. Got to say, as a snowboarder that’s never been on a skateboard, I was very tempted!
https://summerboard.com/
Think I’m still going to drop a few hundred quid converting my old mountain bike into an ebike for the 5 mile ride to the train station though.
https://summerboard.com/
Think I’m still going to drop a few hundred quid converting my old mountain bike into an ebike for the 5 mile ride to the train station though.
Darth Paul said:
Saw an ad for one of these the other day. Got to say, as a snowboarder that’s never been on a skateboard, I was very tempted!
https://summerboard.com/
Think I’m still going to drop a few hundred quid converting my old mountain bike into an ebike for the 5 mile ride to the train station though.
That is absolutely awesome. If it was legal over here, I'd be getting one tomorrow. https://summerboard.com/
Think I’m still going to drop a few hundred quid converting my old mountain bike into an ebike for the 5 mile ride to the train station though.
On a pan flat surface in sun kissed Californian sunset, it looks ace... on potholed greasy British pavements full of dog turds and cracked slabs, it will be horrid.
Lots of talk in Bristol about introducing segregation on the Bath/Bristol railway path at the moment. Not sure how I feel as it will only increase speeds of cyclists but they are always referring to escooters as part of the cycling community. It’s a shared path and technically illegal to use them on the path but it’s encouraging to see them push the use of them.
Lots of talk in Bristol about introducing segregation on the Bath/Bristol railway path at the moment. Not sure how I feel as it will only increase speeds of cyclists but they are always referring to escooters as part of the cycling community. It’s a shared path and technically illegal to use them on the path but it’s encouraging to see them push the use of them.
Darth Paul said:
Saw an ad for one of these the other day. Got to say, as a snowboarder that’s never been on a skateboard, I was very tempted!
https://summerboard.com/
Think I’m still going to drop a few hundred quid converting my old mountain bike into an ebike for the 5 mile ride to the train station though.
I'd get one of these and ditch the car if they made one that you wouldn't die on when hitting a pebble, insect or god forbid an actual pot hole on the path. Alas I was put off with my friend hitting a pebble on a normal board and breaking both elbows and never fancied my mum wiping my bum for 6 weeks.https://summerboard.com/
Think I’m still going to drop a few hundred quid converting my old mountain bike into an ebike for the 5 mile ride to the train station though.
I had a chat with a local Bobby today. He said that everyone seema to be using them and the local police really don't care about them at all. Way too much else going on. He urged caution on the roads as some drivers are crazy.
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
silverthorn2151 said:
I had a chat with a local Bobby today. He said that everyone seema to be using them and the local police really don't care about them at all. Way too much else going on. He urged caution on the roads as some drivers are crazy.
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
You would hope any sensible office would have the same approach. I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
Also by allowing it on the hole, it gives them a good card in their back pocket to use when ever they like. If everyone is using them and thinks it OK when little ASBO Jimmy pisses them off they will have something quick and easy to do him for.
Police " what did you just call me?"
Jimmy "shut up pig"
Police "thought you did here's a £300 fine and 6points on your license have a nice day"
Edited by Not-The-Messiah on Friday 14th February 05:46
silverthorn2151 said:
I had a chat with a local Bobby today. He said that everyone seema to be using them and the local police really don't care about them at all. Way too much else going on. He urged caution on the roads as some drivers are crazy.
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
That's the big problem, you're doing something drivers think is illegal and plenty of them are more than willing to use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon to teach you a lesson, in the belief that they're in the right and won't be punished.I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
lyonspride said:
silverthorn2151 said:
I had a chat with a local Bobby today. He said that everyone seema to be using them and the local police really don't care about them at all. Way too much else going on. He urged caution on the roads as some drivers are crazy.
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
That's the big problem, you're doing something drivers think is illegal and plenty of them are more than willing to use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon to teach you a lesson, in the belief that they're in the right and won't be punished.I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
lyonspride said:
silverthorn2151 said:
I had a chat with a local Bobby today. He said that everyone seema to be using them and the local police really don't care about them at all. Way too much else going on. He urged caution on the roads as some drivers are crazy.
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
That's the big problem, you're doing something drivers think is illegal and plenty of them are more than willing to use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon to teach you a lesson, in the belief that they're in the right and won't be punished.I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
I get it all the time they will see you coming down the road at 25-30 mph but they will still just pull out as though you just don't matter. This is on a 1000 watt Ebike and I know when I end up going flying over a bonnet the first thing I will get is you shouldn't have been on the road even though they are at fault for pulling out.
lyonspride said:
That's the big problem, you're doing something drivers think is illegal and plenty of them are more than willing to use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon to teach you a lesson, in the belief that they're in the right and won't be punished.
You genuinely think there are "plenty" of drivers willingly to deliberately "use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon"? That's actually saying people deliberately and calculatedly drive into people in order to "teach them a lesson"...
Wow.
Sway said:
lyonspride said:
That's the big problem, you're doing something drivers think is illegal and plenty of them are more than willing to use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon to teach you a lesson, in the belief that they're in the right and won't be punished.
You genuinely think there are "plenty" of drivers willingly to deliberately "use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon"? That's actually saying people deliberately and calculatedly drive into people in order to "teach them a lesson"...
Wow.
lyonspride said:
Please refer to the dashcam thread.
There is a massive difference between:A)Idiots refusing to give way to another car because they have a dashcam and think they are in the right, and are therefore happy to ‘trade paint’ with virtually no risk of injury.
B)Someone deliberately or knowingly driving their vehicle at a pedestrian or cyclist to ‘teach them a lesson’ knowing full well they may kill or severely injure.
You are extremely misguided if you think more than a tiny proportion of the population would actively choose option B.
Lord Marylebone said:
There is a massive difference between:
A)Idiots refusing to give way to another car because they have a dashcam and think they are in the right, and are therefore happy to ‘trade paint’ with virtually no risk of injury.
B)Someone deliberately or knowingly driving their vehicle at a pedestrian or cyclist to ‘teach them a lesson’ knowing full well they may kill or severely injure.
You are extremely misguided if you think more than a tiny proportion of the population would actively choose option B.
Scarily, the dashcam thread shows just how many option B occurrences there are. A)Idiots refusing to give way to another car because they have a dashcam and think they are in the right, and are therefore happy to ‘trade paint’ with virtually no risk of injury.
B)Someone deliberately or knowingly driving their vehicle at a pedestrian or cyclist to ‘teach them a lesson’ knowing full well they may kill or severely injure.
You are extremely misguided if you think more than a tiny proportion of the population would actively choose option B.
Lord Marylebone said:
lyonspride said:
Please refer to the dashcam thread.
There is a massive difference between:A)Idiots refusing to give way to another car because they have a dashcam and think they are in the right, and are therefore happy to ‘trade paint’ with virtually no risk of injury.
B)Someone deliberately or knowingly driving their vehicle at a pedestrian or cyclist to ‘teach them a lesson’ knowing full well they may kill or severely injure.
You are extremely misguided if you think more than a tiny proportion of the population would actively choose option B.
What this means is that even if only 10 of that 100 drivers are lunatics, that's still 10 lunatics who've tried to kill you..... You'd also be surprised as to who these lunatics are, when you're driving all you have to do is watch out for German cars and white vans, but when you're cycling even a pink Fiat 500 might try to murder you.
lyonspride said:
The thing is, when your driving you don't encounter as many cars/drivers as a cyclist does, over a 10 mile stretch a cyclist could be passed by 100 cars, yet as a driver you may only encounter the one in front and the one behind.
What this means is that even if only 10 of that 100 drivers are lunatics, that's still 10 lunatics who've tried to kill you..... You'd also be surprised as to who these lunatics are, when you're driving all you have to do is watch out for German cars and white vans, but when you're cycling even a pink Fiat 500 might try to murder you.
You're making an immense assumption about whether or not I ride a bike... What this means is that even if only 10 of that 100 drivers are lunatics, that's still 10 lunatics who've tried to kill you..... You'd also be surprised as to who these lunatics are, when you're driving all you have to do is watch out for German cars and white vans, but when you're cycling even a pink Fiat 500 might try to murder you.
I've never, in more than two decades of riding, had a single encounter where I thought there was actual malice in any way. Ineptitude, ignorance, poor awareness, lack of consideration - all of those.
Never malice.
That's with a decade of going everywhere I went through London by bike, and more than a decade of riding on South Coast country roads.
silverthorn2151 said:
lyonspride said:
silverthorn2151 said:
I had a chat with a local Bobby today. He said that everyone seema to be using them and the local police really don't care about them at all. Way too much else going on. He urged caution on the roads as some drivers are crazy.
I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
That's the big problem, you're doing something drivers think is illegal and plenty of them are more than willing to use 2 tonnes of metal as a weapon to teach you a lesson, in the belief that they're in the right and won't be punished.I promised him a ride when I get one and he said excellent!
Done 28 miles so far and they've been great fun. Just running around locally so far, down the bank, pop to screwfix etc etc.
Ive ridden in local traffic and I'm being very aware and very defensive. Always in a helmet and gloves and probably always looking like a bit of a wally, but I really don't give a toss about that.
Its even got cruise control!
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